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        <p>Json.NET supports converting JSON to XML and vice versa using the 
            <a href="./html/T_Newtonsoft_Json_Converters_XmlNodeConverter.htm">XmlNodeConverter</a>.</p>

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            Elements, attributes, text, comments, character data, processing instructions, 
            namespaces and the XML declaration are all preserved when converting between the 
            two. The only caveat is that it is possible to lose the order of differently 
            named nodes at the same level when they are grouped together into an array.</p>
        <h3>Conversion Rules</h3>
        <ul>
            <li>Elements remain unchanged. </li>
            <li>Attributes are prefixed with an @. </li>
            <li>Single child text nodes are a value directly against an element, otherwise they 
                are accessed via #text. </li>
            <li>The XML declaration and processing instructions are prefixed with ?. </li>
            <li>Charater data, comments, whitespace and significate whitespace nodes are 
                accessed via #cdata-section,&nbsp;#comment, #whitespace and #significate-whitespace 
                respectively. </li>
            <li>Multiple nodes with the same name at the same level are grouped together into an 
                array. </li>
            <li>Empty elements are null.</li>
        </ul>

<h3>SerializeXmlNode</h3>
<p>The JsonConvert has two helper methods for converting between JSON and XML. The first is <a href="./html/M_Newtonsoft_Json_JsonConvert_SerializeXmlNode.htm">SerializeXmlNode</a>. This method takes an
XmlNode and serializes it to JSON text.</p>
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<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">string</span> xml = <span style="color: #a31515;">@&quot;&lt;?xml version=&quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot; standalone=&quot;&quot;no&quot;&quot;?&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&lt;root&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;person id=&quot;&quot;1&quot;&quot;&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Alan&lt;/name&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;url&gt;http://www.google.com&lt;/url&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;/person&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;person id=&quot;&quot;2&quot;&quot;&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Louis&lt;/name&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;url&gt;http://www.yahoo.com&lt;/url&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &lt;/person&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&lt;/root&gt;&quot;</span>;</pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b91af;">XmlDocument</span> doc = <span style="color: blue;">new</span> <span style="color: #2b91af;">XmlDocument</span>();</pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;">doc.LoadXml(xml);</pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">string</span> jsonText = <span style="color: #2b91af;">JsonConvert</span>.SerializeXmlNode(doc);</pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//{</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &quot;?xml&quot;: {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;@version&quot;: &quot;1.0&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;@standalone&quot;: &quot;no&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; },</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &quot;root&quot;: {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;person&quot;: [</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;@id&quot;: &quot;1&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Alan&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;url&quot;: &quot;http://www.google.com&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; },</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;@id&quot;: &quot;2&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;name&quot;: &quot;Louis&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;url&quot;: &quot;http://www.yahoo.com&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; &nbsp; ]</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp; }</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//}</span></pre>
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<h3>DeserializeXmlNode</h3>

<p>The second helper method on JsonConvert is <a href="./html/M_Newtonsoft_Json_JsonConvert_DeserializeXmlNode.htm">DeserializeXmlNode</a>. This method takes 
    JSON text and deserializes it into a XmlNode.</p>
        <p>Because valid XML must have one root element the JSON passed to 
            DeserializeXmlNode should have one property in the root JSON object. If the root 
            JSON object has multiple properties then the overload that also takes an element 
            name should be used. A root element with that name will be inserted into the 
            deserialized XmlNode.</p>

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<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">string</span> json = <span style="color: #a31515;">@&quot;{</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &quot;&quot;?xml&quot;&quot;: {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;@version&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;1.0&quot;&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;@standalone&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;no&quot;&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; },</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &quot;&quot;root&quot;&quot;: {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;person&quot;&quot;: [</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;@id&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;1&quot;&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;name&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;Alan&quot;&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;url&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;http://www.google.com&quot;&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; },</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;@id&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;2&quot;&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;name&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;Louis&quot;&quot;,</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &quot;&quot;url&quot;&quot;: &quot;&quot;http://www.yahoo.com&quot;&quot;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; &nbsp; ]</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">&nbsp; }</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #a31515;">}&quot;</span>;</pre>
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<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #2b91af;">XmlDocument</span> doc = (<span style="color: #2b91af;">XmlDocument</span>)<span style="color: #2b91af;">JsonConvert</span>.DeserializeXmlNode(json);</pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">// &lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">// &lt;root&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;person id=&quot;1&quot;&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Alan&lt;/name&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;url&gt;http://www.google.com&lt;/url&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/person&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;person id=&quot;2&quot;&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;name&gt;Louis&lt;/name&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;url&gt;http://www.yahoo.com&lt;/url&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">//&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/person&gt;</span></pre>
<pre style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: green;">// &lt;/root&gt;</span></pre>
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